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Gerber-Rauth
Christian Pichler runs Gerber-Rauth, a Milan-based investment firm coupling alternative-protein venture bets with a South Tyrol real-asset base.
Gerber-Rauth
GERBER-RAUTH is a boutique private investment company based in Milan with roots in alpine Northern Italy. Our company name and business principles originate from two distinct places in the Province of Alto Adige linked to our founding family: the Gerber farm and Rauth guesthouse.
General information
Firm type
Generalist
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Italy
City
Milan
Corporate office
Viale Angelo Filippetti 28/A, 20122 Milan, Italy
Additional offices
Ega/Eggen, South Tyrol, Italy
Principals
Christian Pichler
Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director
Sean Yam
Chief Operating Officer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Gerber-Rauth?
Christian Pichler, the founder, chairman, and managing director, oversees the firm's investment activity. Sean Yam operates as chief operating officer and provides governance at the portfolio-company level as a board director of L'INTERFORM.
How is Gerber-Rauth related to Grey Silo Ventures and Cereal Docks Group?
Christian Pichler serves on the advisory board of Grey Silo Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Cereal Docks Group. The two entities co-invest in food-tech and agri-tech opportunities, creating a strategic corridor between Gerber-Rauth's family capital and Cereal Docks's industrial processing footprint.
Does Gerber-Rauth participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
The firm's listed strategy emphasizes direct early-stage and growth-stage venture investments rather than fund-of-funds commitments. Its relationship with Grey Silo Ventures functions as a co-investment partnership, not a blind-pool LP allocation.
Which sectors does Gerber-Rauth explicitly target?
Gerber-Rauth concentrates on alternative proteins, precision fermentation, and cellular agriculture. The firm is profiled by the Good Food Institute and ProVeg International as an active family-office investor in the broader food-system transformation sector.
Does Gerber-Rauth maintain philanthropic structures, and how are they separated?
Yes — Gerber-Rauth directs philanthropic capital to New Harvest, a donor-funded research institute that supports open-access cellular-agriculture science. The philanthropic activity runs in parallel with the firm's for-profit venture investments and is not structured as a program-related investment vehicle.
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